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Ja 26

The Elephant Named Ladyface: a past life story

6. Mahiḷāmukhajātaka

The Four-horned Antelope

The Elephant Named Ladyface: a past life story

Before, hearing the speech of the bandits,
Ladyface went on a rampage.
But hearing the speech of the well-restrained,
the supreme elephant is established <j>in all good qualities.

Translation: German (Julius Dutoit, 1872–1958), published 1908–1916 · in copyright until the end of 2028, source palikanon.com. Pāli and English (SuttaCentral / Bilara, public domain, CC0). See Sources & Thanks. The title and the verse are additionally available in the German translation by Ayyā Sabbamittā (SuttaCentral / Bilara, public domain, CC0).

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